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Design Wars 6 Final Reveal!

by wholeknitandcaboodle

Is it just me or has this round of Design Wars gone by in a flash? It’s probably because I was a challenger, but wow!

Yesterday all of the final designs were revealed and though I had seen most of them before the reveal, but it really hit me that the breadth of talent in this round is really amazing! There really is something for everyone in this round.

My daughter was the inspiration for my design; I have a really cute photo of her from a couple of Christmases ago, dressed up like she was making cookies. I swapped the cookies out for cupcakes but the rest of the design is pretty close. Here are the shots I took for the reveal:

Cupcake, anyone?

Patty Cake, the Baker Girl

Now that the designs have been revealed, voting is open! Head on over to the Design Wars Blog to see the rest of the amazing designs and vote for your favourites in a number of categories. While you’re there, make sure you enter to win a fabulous prize pack from Red Heart Yarns! You can vote every day, so make sure you stop back again and again!

If you’re interested in any of the patterns from this round, they will all go on sale on Ravelry starting March 12th. Check out the newlsetter for coupon codes!

I would really like to thank Red Heart Yarns for sponsoring this round. With Love is a wonderfully soft yarn to work with; I’ll buy it again for sure! Big thanks to Salena Baca from Baca Creations for hosting another amazing round and thank-you to all of the amazing challengers I shared this round with. Even though we were up against each other, the respect and support everyone had for everyone else was really amazing. Maybe you’d like to stop by their fan pages say hello and congratulate them on an amazing round!

Sincerely Pam

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The YARN Has Landed!

by wholeknitandcaboodle

Who’s excited about Design Wars 6? THIS lady, right here! Want to know what makes it even more exciting? I got my DW yarn today!!

I’m no stranger to Red Heart With Love. It’s a soft, durable acrylic yarn and it’s available in lots and lots of rich colours. The skeins are generous in size (7 ounces 370 yds/338 m) and am I weird when I say that the black labels with the gilded lettering make me feel extra fancy??

Bonus points to Red Heart because not only WEREN’T the centre pulls hidden in the abyss of each skein, they were waiting for me just outside the skein as if to say “We’re ready, let’s DO this!”

Here are some shots of the loveliness:

Yeah, I took it for a drive in my car. Don’t judge me.

Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Love <3

LOVE x 7!

LOVE “With Love”!

Be sure to sign up for the newsletter at http://www.designwarschallenge.com to stay up to date on all the goings-on!

Sarah 🙂

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Design Wars and FREE Pattern Release!

by wholeknitandcaboodle

Hello friends! I’m sorry it has been so long since my last post, things have been hectic around here because of the holidays (Christmas is my busiest time for orders and this year was no different) I’ve had little time for anything but crocheting and sleeping. OK. That’s a lie. I got some very nice time in with my family- my daughter turned 3 at the end of November so I can easily say that this was the most magical Christmas of my adult life so far.

I received some amazing news around the same time- The application I submitted to be a challenger in the Design Wars Challenge was accepted! I’m SO excited! I’ll be going head to head with some of my crochet idols in this challenge, I hope I can keep up! For those of you who aren’t familiar with the challenge, it was founded by Salena Baca of Baca Creations and is sponsored by Red Heart Yarns. A yarn is chosen for the challengers to work with and they each come up with a new, original design. Once the designs are completed and revealed, the public gets to vote on their favourites in a number of different categories. There is a lot of fun to be had and there are even prizes to be won! There is SO much amazing talent in this round, I hope you’ll check it all out! For more information about this elite crochet challenge, please visit http://www.designwarschallenge.com.

While I’m waiting for my Design Wars yarn to arrive, I decided to get the ol’ pattern-writer primed up. What I came up with is possibly the fastest, easiest, one skein cowl you’ll ever make. I made mine with a skein of Loops & Threads Charisma and it took me less than an hour. Available for FREE on Craftsy and Ravelry for, I hope you’ll rush over and download a copy! If you make one up, let me know what you think!